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23.1.13
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SHORT AND SHARP
Shrek at Te Papa
New Zealand s most
photographed sheep Shrek
has been confirmed for a
spot at the Te Papa museum
in Wellington with a display
expected to open this year.
Shrek, who was euthanased
aged 17 in 2011, made
headlines worldwide in 2004
after he was found living in a
cave at Bendigo Station in
Tarras. He had a 22kg fleece,
compared with the average
of 4.5kg for a merino, after
avoiding mustering for six
years.
Not so smiley
Daniel Trevor Nelson, 17,
shearer of Clyde, has pleaded
guilty to one charge of
injuring with reckless
disregard
after he
burnt
unsuspect-
ing victims
with a
lighter
causing a
burn known
asa
smiley last year. Nelson,
who appeared in the
Alexandra District Court last
week, faced two charges
after he attacked two people
with a lighter on the head and
face after they had fallen
asleep at parties. He was
remanded until February 7
for a status hearing after he
denied the other charge.
Recycling of
glass proves
a bright idea
By JESSICA MADDOCK
Sparkling: Cromwell businessman Rory Alexander is crushing bottles from the
Bannockburn Hotel, where they will be used to beautify a water feature and as a
car park and walkway surface.
PHOTO: JESSICA MADDOCK 627530157
The Bannockburn Hotel is crush-
ing the thousands of bottles
emptied in its bar and using them
to pave the car park, the beer
garden walkways and to create a
sparkling waterfall.
Owner Tim Hanna said it was a
disgrace the Central Otago Dis-
trict's recycled glass was carted to
Auckland.
The glass generated by his hotel
would instead be crushed and
used to replace shingle on the car
park and walkways.
The glass-crushing machine
smoothed the edges so it was
comfortable to walk on.
Crushed glass would also be
sprayed on to the wall behind a
waterfall in the hotel's garden, to
create a reflective surface.
"We can use a lot of material and
use it positively . . . have some-
thing inexpensive that works.
"It looks brilliant. It is arresting to
look at."
The crushing machine was owned
by Cromwell businessman, Rory
Alexander, who said there was a
huge market for crushed glass.
"We have up to 27 different uses."
Crushed green glass had been
used instead of grass at a property
in Alexandra's Molyneux Park
subdivision, taking the pressure
off the owner's water bill for
irrigation.
Driveway contractors, artists and
candle-makers were also buying
the crushed glass, along with
people who used it instead of
pebbles in their aquariums, Mr
Alexander said.
There was also demand from
countries where crushed glass
was not available, such as
Malaysia and in the Middle East
where it was sprayed against
walls.
A Malaysian hotel chain had
wanted 70 tonnes of green beer
"stubbie" glass which matched the
company's corporate colours, but
the amount was larger than Mr
Alexander could handle.
"Ninety per cent [of the order]
would have been profit."
A large roading contractor was
also investigating using crushed
green glass covered with resin on
Christchurch's cycleways.
Not enough glass was being
crushed in New Zealand to meet
domestic needs, Mr Alexander
said.
Swimming pool operators
throughout the country were
importing it from Britain, as it
made pool filtering systems more
effective.
Mr Alexander used bottles he
collected from local pubs and
glass dropped off to him by
residents.
The crushed product was sent as
far afield as Auckland.
Sentenced to community work
A former Lauder farmer was
sentenced in the Alexandra
District Court last week to 300
hours of community work after he
stole $76,921 from his sister and
her husband while working on
their farm from May 2004 to
November 2007. Murray John
Galt, 53, used their Rural Traders
card, also known as a CRT credit
card, to buy food, books, petrol
and pay for an overseas holiday
with his family. Galt had since
repaid the money.